Parents wanting to provide healthier eating options for their families can check out “Eating Clean: The 21 Day Plan to Detox, Fight Inflammation and Reset Your Body” by Amie Valpone. The book, released in 2016, has numerous ideas, ranging from new recipes to try to tips for eliminating toxins, to move toward cleaner eating.
It helps that Valpone, a culinary nutritionist and detox expert, recounts her own path toward natural eating that included a battle against leaky-gut syndrome and other ailments, and which she found doctors to be no help for — until she found a functional medicine physician. Although the book is promoted as a 21-day plan to rest the body and fight inflammation, it has a variety of good information for moms and dads wanting to try new things.
This includes how to detox personal care products as well as products in the home and office and even ways to clean out bad foods and bring good foods in — head to the farmer’s market instead of the grocery store, as an example. Also included is a list of house plants to buy that have air-cleaning effects and a suggestion for keeping the home smelling fresh naturally. I like on page 32 that she says: “All you have to do is start with one step …. Once you take that first step, though, you’ll feel empowered to take another. And then another.”
In actuality, much of the last two-thirds of the book, more than 200 pages, is full of recipes to try, ranging from small bites, to appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, dips and desserts. The book is available for purchase at Whole Foods, but also can bought online at Barnes & Noble for $15.06. For more detox ideas, including a series of 12 videos featuring Amie and printable recipes, parents can turn to Valpone's website, eatclean.nowfoods.com.
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